I demoted Flint since I have Falcon in the 180A slot. And I know that Crossfire and Mirage aren't confirmed SF but after reading available info on them I liked them best for those slots. I know that some of you use Stone and Mirage as Marines but in my verse they are both SF.

Of all specialties, the Joes really lack medics. You might be able to use Barbecue as a medic, since firefighters are often cross trained as EMTs. Otherwise, you'll have to make up your own. And, I don't count the faux "Lifeline" and Sideswipe released in the 2000's. There should at least be a PJ and a Navy corpsman on the roster.

Of all specialties, the Joes really lack medics. You might be able to use Barbecue as a medic, since firefighters are often cross trained as EMTs. Otherwise, you'll have to make up your own. And, I don't count the faux "Lifeline" and Sideswipe released in the 2000's. There should at least be a PJ and a Navy corpsman on the roster.

It will be a combination of released figures and customs so that they will all be modern construction.

Even counting the two Docs, two Lifelines, Stretcher, Sideswipe and Med Alert there's not a whole lot to work with.

Falcon's SMS is Medic so I could use one of the 18D slots for another job. I thought about leaving Snake Eyes as Assistant Operations Sergeant and making Big Brawler Intelligence Sergeant. Was also considering putting Stalker on this team but I decided I wanted to keep him with the other Rangers.

After looking at my Ranger's roster I'm thinking I might come up with a second ODA using those guys:

How much need is there for comms specialist in SoF units? Presumably the members would all be more than proficient with comms devices, etc., and with modern equipment there's little to go wrong (or be fixable if it does) nor to setup using arcane RF theory?

How much need is there for comms specialist in SoF units? Presumably the members would all be more than proficient with comms devices, etc., and with modern equipment there's little to go wrong (or be fixable if it does) nor to setup using arcane RF theory?

What would a comms specialist in the modern army/etc. do?

Actually this is what my best friend was hounding me about with my Transformers fanfic. He was saying that Communications was an archaic position now that anyone can talk to anyone. So, Transformers really doesnt need a comms robot.

I guess what bugs me is the entertainment business is trying to force us to think that 4 characters is enough for a crew. In Transformers, they widen the scope of a science officer so much it takes half the crew and shoves them out of an airlock. Science Officer now includes Medic/Doc, Intel, comms, science and engineer. I guess I like my crew to be about 6-9 characters Star Trek kinda ruined me with how big a crew should be. So anyway in my Transformers Ready Guard fanfic there are 9 positions: Command, Ops, Intel, Medic, SAR, Security, Scout, sea or Air support then finally a Comms & Tech Trooper.

But enough rambling. How I explained the Comms guys in my 'verse is, the military keeps the communication position to preserve the chain of command.